Effects of storage treatment on fecal steroid hormone concentrations of a rodent, the Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Pettitt, B A ^a   Wheaton, C J ^b   Waterman, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Education and Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Fecal steroids; Field storage; Progesterone; Rodents; Xerus

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HORMONE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SQUIRREL;

EID: 33845205798     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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